Registration In-Person Registration for non CU affiliates Event Co-Sponsors Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures This event is free and open to the public. Description What can one neighborhood reveal about the making of a modern nation? This talk deciphers the unexpected significance of Xita, a half-square-mile quarter in Shenyang, in Northeast China. It shows that over nearly four centuries, Xita has been shaped and reshaped by empire, war, migration, and urban transformation. The history of this small area…